Above Photo: US troops are deployed to Europe amid escalating tensions between Russia and Ukraine before the outbreak of war. The strategists of the hegemonic country of the West, the US, without realizing the flagrant contraction, show unlimited ambition. What Westerners call the West or Western civilization is a geopolitical space that emerged in the 16th century and expanded continuously until the 20th century. On the eve of World War I, about 90 percent of the globe was Western or Western-dominated: Europe, Russia, the Americas, Africa, Oceania, and much of Asia (with the partial exceptions of Japan and China). From then on, […]
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Biden’s Political Legitimacy Is Dropping By The Month, Leading He And His Administration To Lean On Militarism To Manufacture Support For U.S. Domination. U.S. President Joe Biden is in trouble. The crisis of legitimacy afflicting his administration continues to worsen. A new AP-NORC poll suggests that Biden’s approval rating is now 39 percent, with the biggest drop coming from registered Democrats. Only two of ten adults believe that the United States is heading in the right direction, down from three of ten just one month ago. Rising inflation and shortages in basic needs such as baby formula have played a major role in […]
Recent Israeli surveys have suggested that the PM would get 28 seats in the Israeli parliament if elections were held today. The drop in his popularity can be put down to Netayahu’s purported mishandling of the the pandemic and subsequent economic crisis as well as his government’s unwillingness to adhere to the rules they themselves set. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not see this coming. Signing a historic peace agreement with the United Arab Emirates and a normalisation pact with Bahrain in mid-September, he was certain that this success in foreign affairs would translate into a spike in his popularity at […]
Bitcoin is recovering from Tuesday’s drop while there is a decrease in large-balance ether addresses. Bitcoin (BTC) trading around $10,651 as of 20:00 UTC (4 p.m. ET). Gaining 0.66% over the previous 24 hours. Bitcoin’s 24-hour range: $10,524-$10,683 BTC above its 10-day moving average but below the 50-day, a sideways signal for market technicians. Bitcoin trading on Coinbase since Oct. 5.Source: TradingView Bitcoin’s price is making gains Wednesday, recovering from a spate of selling Tuesday that coincided with U.S. President Donald Trump’s tweet calling off stimulus negotiations with lawmakers. Bitcoin was able to hit $10,650 on spot exchange such as Coinbase […]
COVID-19: On The Decline In Nicaragua As Its Critics Fall Silent By John Perry, Popular Resistance. September 22, 2020 COVID-19: On The Decline In Nicaragua As Its Critics Fall Silent2020-09-222020-09-22https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/nicaragua.jpg200px200px Above photo: INTI OCON/AFP via Getty Images. No country can yet claim to have defeated Covid-19, but clearly some are having more success than others. Nicaragua is one of these, and could yet be recognized as a world leader. With under 5,000 Covid-19 cases since the pandemic began, according to official figures, its infection level is far below that of Panama (105,000), Guatemala (85,000), Honduras (71,000), Costa Rica (63,000) or El Salvador […]
Seth Meyers found it “so cathartic” to see regular voters “put Trump in his place” during this week’s ABC Town Hall, especially because at this point it’s become exceedingly rare. “That’s what happens when Trump steps outside his right-wing media bubble,” the Late Night host said. “Most of the time he surrounds himself with sycophants and yes men. So he’s rarely treated like the idiot blowhard he is.” For instance, instead of interrupting him when he “calls into Fox & Friends and rambles for an hour,” Meyers said, “the hosts just sit there, staring blankly into the camera like they’re posing […]
As Scotland prepares to head to the polls at Holyrood elections next year, the question of how to oppose independence and a mandate to hold a second referendum because increasingly important for the unionist camp. A British Conservative politician was slammed online on Sunday for being “divisive” after she suggested that the Scottish Labour leader’s accent was the reason for the party’s poor performance. Dehenna Davison, MP for Bishop Auckland, near Durham, claimed that the Labour Party isn’t doing well in Scotland because their leader Richard Leonard has a “Lancashire accent” Richard Leonard quickly corrected the MP, pointing out that his […]
Patients with a fast-progressing form of ALS who got daily doses of an experimental two-drug combination called AMX0035 scored higher on a standard measure of function than patients who didn’t get the drug. Zephyr/Science Source hide caption toggle caption Zephyr/Science Source Patients with a fast-progressing form of ALS who got daily doses of an experimental two-drug combination called AMX0035 scored higher on a standard measure of function than patients who didn’t get the drug. Zephyr/Science Source A combination of two experimental drugs appears to slow the decline of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, an illness often known as ALS or Lou […]
Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is soon expected to announce his running mate, with many now speculating that his choice so far has come down to two main candidates: California Senator Kamala Harris and Obama’s former national security advisor Susan Rice. Senator Kamala Harris should “politely decline” a vice president post if she gets such an offer from Joe Biden, former San Francisco mayor and ex-speaker of the California State Assembly Willie Brown said in his weekly column. Writing for the San Francisco Chronicle, Brown, who has previously admitted that he had dated Harris “more than 20 years ago”, argued […]
The Securities and Exchange Commission appears to be interested in Binance’s eponymous blockchain, 132% of ether wallets are in profit and the Bank of Japan is getting serious about CBDC R&D. You’re reading Blockchain Bites, the daily roundup of the most pivotal stories in blockchain and crypto news, and why they’re significant. You can subscribe to this and all of CoinDesk’s newsletters here. Top shelf Binance Sleuths The SEC appears to be gearing up for a closer look at Binance coin (BNB) and other tokens on cryptocurrency exchange giant Binance’s eponymous blockchain. The U.S. securities regulator disclosed in a Wednesday memo its intention to award Menlo […]
America’s Terminal Decline By Finian Cunningham, Sputnik. July 25, 2020 America’s Terminal Decline2020-07-252020-07-25https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/1079964181-e1595684180622.jpg200px200px Above photo: Carlos Barrios/Reuters. President Trump’s U-turn admission on the coronavirus pandemic, acknowledging that it’s going to get worse before it gets better, could be applied to the general condition of American politics. It can only get worse under present circumstances. That’s because there is no way to solve deep-seated problems in the US system under the prevailing bipartisan framework. It is delusional for Democrats to blame Trump and the Republicans for all the woes of that nation. The notion that America can be returned to some kind […]
Major shifts in the way economies function around the world can be expected as a result of significant reductions in the global population owing to rising ‘infertility’, according to a forecast which examined 195 countries. An overall drop in the global population by the year 2100, forecasted by two dozen researchers based in North America, is expected to have major ramifications for countries around the world, including in China, India, Italy and Spain. Such population decline, outlined in Fertility, mortality, migration, and population scenarios for 195 countries and territories from 2017 to 2100: a forecasting analysis for the Global Burden of Disease […]
COVID19 Brings American Decline Out In The Open By Noah Smith, Bloomberg. July 1, 2020 COVID19 Brings American Decline Out In The Open2020-07-012020-07-01https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/2200x-1-e1593623193172.jpg200px200px Above photo: Maybe it will get better from here? David Paul Morris/Bloomberg. Without fixes for infrastructure, education, health care and government, the U.S. will resemble a developing nation in a few decades. NOTE: Popular Resistance rarely reposts articles from corporate media outlets like Bloomberg News but we thought it was interesting that reality is seeping into the mass media. The U.S.’s decline started with little things that people got used to. Americans drove past empty construction sites and didn’t even […]
How an Alaskan Volcano Is Linked to the Decline of the Roman Republic by Theresa Machemer/Smithsonianmag.com The two years after Julius Caesar’s assassination in 44 B.C. were rife with bad luck. The sky turned dark, the weather grew cold, and Mediterranean civilizations experienced drought and famine. Now, a multidisciplinary team of researchers has pinned down an explosive explanation for these strange occurrences: As detailed in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a volcanic eruption some 6,000 miles away from Rome may have thrown off the region’s weather patterns—and perhaps even contributed to the rise of the Roman Empire. The new study […]
Joe Rogan is not a conservative, but he is honest and he hosts one of the most watched podcasts in the country. During a recent episode, Rogan asserted that the liberal media is actively ignoring Joe Biden’s diminishing mental state. Rogan is absolutely right, and his remarks have sparked outrage from the left. Here’s a partial transcript via Breitbart: TRENDING: MUST SEE: This Ain’t Your Typical Liberal Hellhole — Trump Supporters Cheer National Guard as They March into Tulsa to Keep the Peace (VIDEO) JOE ROGAN: I’m seeing this one thing that I keep hearing over and over again from people […]
After facing a heavy load of transactions earlier this month, bitcoin’s (BTC) network has returned to a more normal level, recent developments suggest. The total amount of fees paid to miners was 80 BTC as of Tuesday, down from its 11-month high of 201 BTC on May 21, according to the data provided by the blockchain intelligence firm Glassnode. It was at 57 BTC on May 3. The percentage of miner revenue from fees has also pulled back to 9.4% from the 28-month high of 21% registered on May 20. “The fall back in transaction fees are related to a normalized […]
Dr. Deborah Birx, White House coronavirus response coordinator, listens during a meeting at the White House earlier this month. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption toggle caption Alex Brandon/AP Dr. Deborah Birx, White House coronavirus response coordinator, listens during a meeting at the White House earlier this month. Alex Brandon/AP White House coronavirus task force coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx said on Tuesday that she is encouraged by the latest data showing declines in new cases of the virus, hospitalizations and deaths across all but a few areas of the United States. Birx told a group of reporters at the White House that clinical, […]
Lex Sokolin, a CoinDesk columnist, is Global Fintech co-head at ConsenSys, a Brooklyn, N.Y.-based blockchain software company. The following is adapted from his Fintech Blueprint newsletter. The hard thing about abundance is making a choice. We live in a time of the broadest set of economic, social and political thinking, available to all at any time. But when the world’s most important macroeconomic investor, Ray Dalio, publishes a deeply researched description of the money markets and a forward view of the impact on American Empire, all we have to do is listen and learn. It is all available here, for free. What makes […]
US 02:10 GMT 18.05.2020Get short URL https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107930/79/1079307984_0:0:3072:1729_1200x675_80_0_0_62f0d0c4952bd4c2d9b9d85f44050029.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202005181079335359-trump-notes-significant-decline-in-number-of-covid-19-cases-across-us/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – US President Donald Trump noted a significant decrease in the number of COVID-19 cases across the country in recent days. “The number of Coronavirus cases is strongly trending downward throughout the United States, with few exceptions. Very good news, indeed!” Trump said on Twitter. The number of Coronavirus cases is strongly trending downward throughout the United States, with few exceptions. Very good news, indeed! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 17, 2020 In late April, the daily increase in the number of COVID-19 cases in […]
A Delusional Nation In Decline By Jared Yates Sexton, The Muckrake. May 16, 2020 A Delusional Nation In Decline2020-05-162020-05-16https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/guns-e1589642060760.png200px200px The United States Is Coming Apart At The Seams, And No One Seems To Notice. In recent weeks, the fabricated “Reopen America” movement, funded and focused by Right Wing billionaires and conservative media, has led to protests around the country, including in Michigan, where white supremacist militias have used it to their advantage for the purposes of recruitment and action. These militias have stormed the Michigan state legislature, interrupted business, and, as of this week, shut down the government of Michigan for fear of […]
Hut 8 Mining, one of Canada’s largest mining operations, reported less-than-stellar first-quarter 2020 earnings Monday, the same day as the bitcoin halving. Earnings lowlights included falling revenue, decreased adjusted EBITDA margin and increased collateral requirements on debt. For the third consecutive quarter, revenues declined; this time by 14% sequentially to C$12.7 million (US$9.1 million). This was caused by a 32% decrease in the number of bitcoin mined during the quarter as the network hashrate continued to rise. This was partially offset by a 27% increase in the average price per bitcoin mined. Site operating costs came in slightly elevated compared to […]